Combined hook and handle for lanterns.



I. W. KNOBLOCK.

COMBINED HO OK AND HANDLE FOR LANTERNS.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1918.

Patented A r. 22,1919.

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IlNITED STATES PATENT FFIE JAMES W. KNOBLOCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN LA FRANCE FIRE ENGINE (10., INC., OF ELIVIIRA, NEWYORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COMBINED HOOK AND HANDLE FOR LANTERNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Original application filed June 19, 1917, Serial No. 175,626. Dividedand this application filed March 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. KNOBLOCK, a citizen. of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hooks andHandles for Lanterns, of which the following is a full and clearspecification.

This case, which is a division of my original application Serial No. 175,626, filed June 19th, 1917, for improvements in portable electric handlanterns, covers a novel arrangement of handle bail and hook device forconveniently supporting a lantern or similar article whether it iscarried in the hand or hung upon a suitable support.

In order that the invention may be fully understood I will firstdescribe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings andafterward point out the novelty more particularly in the annexed claims.

In said drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a, lantern having the improved supportingbale and hook applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the same.

In illustrating the present invention the top or cover portion of anelectric hand lantern is shown with the improved combined hook andsupporting bail properly mounted thereon, as illustrated in the abovenamed original application. The particular form of lantern or otherdevice to which the supporting devices are applied is immaterial to thenature of the present invention.

As shown in the drawings, 1 is the top or upper portion of a metalcasing or container whether of a lantern or other device, to which theimproved supporting and carrying bale and hook are applied.

The improved combined handle bail and hook has been designed forconvenience in carrying the lamp or for hanging it up when desired. Thehandle bail 5, consisting of an ordinary metal wire loop having itsinturned ends 6 journaled in the sheet metal Serial No. 223,964.

socket pieces 7, riveted to the top of the container 1. This bailoperates in the usual manner.

Cooperating with the loop bail 5, referred to is an adjustable hookconsisting of a swiveled bar 10 freely journaled in the inner socketportions of members 7 and formed between its ends with a flattenedperforated and widened web portion 11, through which extends the headedrod 15, of a rectangular hook member 16. The head 17 of the hook memberis designed to rest in the flattened or expanded central portion 11 ofthe bar 10 when the hook is in operation.

When the handle bail 5 is raised and in use the hook member 15, 16 liesflat against the top of the casing 1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings, the headed rod end 15 being moved to the left through theopening in swivel rod 10 to allow the hook portion to rest against thelamp cover. When it is desired to extend the hook into operativeosition, the bail member 5 is turned own against the top of the casingand the hook member 15, 16, moved to the right through the swivel member10 until the head 17 is seated within the recessed face of the web 11,which will free the head from engagement with the casin and enable theoperator to raise the hook rotating the swivel bar 10, presenting thehead between the bar 10 and casing and the hook extending verticallyabove the casing. The hook can'be used as a handle for carrying the lampor it can be engaged with any convenient object for supporting the lampin a stationary position.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a casing,with a trans versely perforated bar swiveled upon said casing, and asuspending device formed with a headed rod portion extending through andmovable in the perforation of said swiveled bar.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a casing,with a handle bail pivotally mounted upon said casing, a bar swiveledupon said casing, and a hook having a headed rod extending through anopening in said swivel bar and having sliding engagement therewith.

3. I11 a device of the character described, the combination of a lampcasing, with a bail, ears secured to the casing and engaging said bailfor hinging it to the casing, a swivel bar engaged by said ears Withinthe bail, said bar formed With a central perforated flattened Web and ahook formed With 10 a headed rod, extending through the opening of saidswivel bar, whereby both the bail and hook can be adjusted into positionagainst the casing or extended into operative relation thereto.

JAMES W. KNOBLOCK.

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